The ability to describe the internal structure of atoms is important not only for understanding the composition of matter, but also for designing new experiments to explore fundamental physics.
Atoms measure roughly 0.1 nanometers across, a scale so small that scientists spent more than six decades developing instruments capable of resolving them with any clarity. The journey from the first ...
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have developed a novel method for investigating the internal structure of atoms and discovered ...
Every chemical reaction faces a barrier: For substances to react with one another, it is first necessary to supply energy. In ...
An algorithm designed to find the most efficient path from atom to atom in a bizarre kind of crystal turns out to produce incredibly intricate mazes. As well as making mazes, the technique could help ...
Rydberg atoms are atoms with one or more outer electrons excited to very high energy levels, which interact very strongly ...
Phonons are the collective vibrations that move through a solid. They can be thought of as waves traveling across the atomic ...